Lynam Family Christmas 2010: Setting Up The Tree

This year in the Lynam house… we did things a little differently (check out these two vids from 2008 as reference).  You see, our house has changed this year.  My Mom decided to do a lot of redesigns around the house, including new paint, new carpets, and in some rooms, removing the carpets to the cold, bare, old hardwood floors below.  I’m definitely going to be getting used that that part for a while…

However, perhaps the biggest changes in the house would be the relocating of the Christmas tree from the sunroom to the living room, and by going fake.  I know, I know, I never thought we’d be one of those families that does a fake tree, but I have realized its advantages.  Those being:

1. No pine needles on the ground or poked into my skin.
2. Pays for itself after two years.
3. We can leave the lights on in the off season so we don’t have to do it every year.
4. We don’t kill trees.

The only problem with all of that was that the lights that came on the tree didn’t work.  So, cue really fast paced video with all of us removing the old lights from the tree, where the wires were wrapped around each little branch.  It took a whole hour to get these off!

Stay tuned for “Lynam Family Christmas 2010: Decorating the Tree / Electric Boogaloo”